1939 · Cellulose Tape Dispenser · Work 1293 of 1,871
An office desk in Minnesota on a rainy spring afternoon, grey window light and a desk lamp with a green glass shade, on a dark oak desktop a curved dispenser of cream-white enamelled sheet steel, a rounded hump at the front with a large circular opening holding a fresh roll of clear glossy tape, a low ridge to the right ending in an upturned serrated steel edge, a broad dark blue band at its foot, the whole dispenser plain and unmarked, a hand in a white shirt cuff drawing a shining strip of tape over the edge to seal a brown paper parcel tied with string, plain parcels stacked beside it.